Panel fence



G. B. BRUCE.

PANEL FENCE.

(No Model!) Z mazorf Patented Feb. l2, 1895.

' lJNiTED STATES PATENT EEICE.

GOVERNOR/BUTLER BRUCE, OF GREER DEPOT, SUTH CAROLINA.

. PANEL FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,943, dated February4 12, 1 895 i Application filed November 3,1894. Serial No. 527,821. (No model.)

BRUCE, a citizen Vof the United States, residing at Greer Depot, in the county of Greenv1lle and State Vof South Carolina, have in- Vented certain new and usefullmprovements in Fences; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled` in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accomp'anying drawings, and to -the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fences, and especially to fences of a portable character, or to fences made up of sections which are adapted to interlock at their ends, and the aim of the present invention' is to reinforce .a fence of this description, with a removable strip carrying a series of short pickets, the said strip designed to overlap the connected ends of the lengths of fence, and to be securely buttoned thereto, and firmly held in a lockin g relation by means of buttons. If desired myimproved fence may be set zigzag, but my preferred form is a straight fence in which braces are provided for strengthening the same against a lateral strain.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and adaptation of the parts aswill be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which with the letters of reference marked thereon form a part 'of this specification, and in which drawings, simi- -lar letters of reference indicate like parts of fence having vthe longitudinal strips a, having their ends secured to the cross pieces a', and B,`B, are longitudinal strips having their ends secured to the cross pieces b b, and

also toone of the pieces a. fence is similarly constructed, and each is provided with a button C secured .to a cross piece a', and the braces D and E. These lengths may be interlocked, as shown, and then the strip F carrying a series vof short pickets y,land provided with buttons K, is placed on the top longitudinal strips a, so as to overlapthe two adjacent ends of fence sections, and the top strips d are clamped between the buttonsK and the lower ends of the shortpickets as seen at f. When in this locking relation pins c are passed through `the said buttons K and into the strips a thus locking-the buttons vfrom turning.

The ends of the strips carrying the pickets may beheld together by means of the ends overlapping, or by cleats held to each end by IDS. p I am aware that there is no novelty in the form of construction 0f the lengths Of fence, which interlock as described, and hence I make no claim to them broadly.

What I claim `to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As an improved article of manufacture, a sectional fence having their ends interlock- Each length of ing, as described, combined with a strip which is adapted to overlap the adjacent ends of said sections, and held thereto by Vmeans of buttons and bolts passing through saidbuttons and the top strip to hold same from-a lengthwise movement, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with the interlocking sections of a portable fence, a strip F, carrying a series of short pickets f, which isdesigned to overlap the adjacent top strips of the said sections, 'and the buttons carried on the stripv F, and the pins adapted to pass through the buttons and into the strip a', as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with a sectionalfence as the fence from a. lateral strain, and the strip In testimony whereof I affix my signature F carrying n series of pickets, which is in presence of two witnesses. adapted to overlap the meeting ends of the sections A, and to be clamped to the top strips GOVERNOR BUTLER BRUCE' 5 a, which are heid between the buttons K and Witnesses:

the lower ends of the pickets f', all snbstan- I. A. MAYFIELD,

tiaily as and for the purpose set forth. A. R. WOOD. 

